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This is a list of operating systems. Computer operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap.
This list does not include discontinued historic or legacy software, with the exception of trackers that are still supported. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] If a program fits several categories, such as a comprehensive digital audio workstation or a foundation programming language (e.g. Pure Data ), listing is limited to its top three categories.
A 32-bit PC BIOS will search for boot code on an ISO 9660 CD-ROM. The standard allows for booting in two different modes. Either in hard disk emulation when the boot information can be accessed directly from the CD media, or in floppy emulation mode where the boot information is stored in an image file of a floppy disk , which is loaded from ...